Croatia 2 x 1 Scotland UEFA Nations League Highlights 2024
Croatia 2 x 1 Scotland UEFA Nations League Highlights 2024
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00:00He just doesn't like the cap for his country.
00:02Doak.
00:04Eduardo had a bit of a slip.
00:06Doak picks out McTominay, there's space for Christy on the left.
00:11Robertson coming up to join him, Christy whips it in, looks for Dykes!
00:15He wasn't far away from getting a head on that.
00:22Well, it's more really positive play from Scotland.
00:25That is a wonderful ball, I just wondered for a split second whether
00:29Guardiola was fouling Lyndon Dykes, unfortunately he wasn't.
00:36Looking to make that move down the right-hand side,
00:39but Scotland have it back with McTominay.
00:42Christy is out left, Doak to the right.
00:47Plenty forward here for Scotland if Ben Doak can produce.
00:51It's just behind them, but it might drop for Christy!
00:54And it goes in!
00:56Duje Čeletacar!
00:59Ryan Christy opens the scoring in Zagreb.
01:04And the Tartan army have something to shout about in Croatia.
01:19Well, what a...
01:22What a start.
01:24Half an hour in, looking positive and then getting on the scoresheet.
01:28Got to say, the defendant leaves a lot to be desired.
01:32Luka Sucic here.
01:35Ryan Christy does well, he does really well.
01:38Čeletacar can't get his foot wrapped round it here,
01:42but Christy does brilliantly to get that on target,
01:46stretching past Lovacovic and into the back of the net.
01:51A wonderful opening here for Scotland.
01:58Vardy will Perisic the target, oh, what a wonderful pullback that is!
02:04And Scotland's lead didn't last long,
02:07because Igor Matanovic has his first goal for his country.
02:13Scotland pegged back.
02:15That lay-off from Perisic is just different class.
02:18The crossfield ball there from Vardy, oh, we've seen it a lot so far,
02:22but look at that.
02:24Sensational.
02:26Matanovic with the strike, it looks like it goes through a couple of...
02:31defenders.
02:33Under John Suter's boot as well, right into the bottom corner.
02:37Right through the legs of John Suter.
02:39No chance for Craig Gordon.
02:43It's a wonderful finish from Matanovic, you've got to see it.
02:53Matanovic from range.
02:56Gordon to safety.
02:59Good save from Gordon, but look, Andy Robertson under a bit of pressure from Perisic.
03:08That's given away straight to Luka Modric.
03:14He's got it back again, we don't want to give him too many chances.
03:18Spraying the passes.
03:21Susic.
03:24Now Perisic.
03:27And Modric, Gordon at full stretch.
03:30Wouldn't quite drop for Kramaric.
03:34And Scotland see it out for the corner.
03:36They were under major pressure there.
03:39Yeah, it just gets pulled back to Modric here, first time.
03:45Looks a little bit unorthodox, thinking that could Craig have caught it or not.
03:51Just leads to a couple of moments of panic there.
04:01It's Perisic.
04:03That's a great ball in, Gordon gets a vital touch, I think Suter may have
04:08also got something on that as well.
04:10Wonderful ball in from Perisic.
04:13Craig Gordon does brilliantly, and he knows he's going to get clattered as well.
04:17He doesn't pull out, just looks as if Craig Gordon's leg or knee
04:22is right into Matanovic's hip.
04:28Robertson up the line from Christie, but he loses out to Tuttalo.
04:35Forward from Susic.
04:37Modric now steps up a gear.
04:40Modric breaks through one.
04:42Look at Modric!
04:45Well, that was superb.
04:48Until the finish.
04:50And I sense he was only a whisker away.
04:54Now stand in play, lovely little nutmeg there on Scott McTominay.
05:01Just seems like it's a whisker away.
05:04And you wonder what the manager's going to be thinking substitution-wise.
05:12Because you've got to think he'll be looking at that bench.
05:16Perisic does get it in, all the way to the back post, Sosa!
05:20And the header in from Andrej Kramaric.
05:27Croatia turn it around.
05:30They're on his 99th cap.
05:32Andrej Kramaric heads Croatia in front.
05:38For all the good that Scotland have done in the game, they come undone.
05:46It's those wide areas, Perisic comfortable going either way.
05:50The disappointment is that Craig Gordon gets a good hand on it.
05:55Kramaric is just there on hand to be able to knock it into the back of the net comfortably.
06:01A very 50-50 split kind of call amongst the supporters of who gets the nod and attack.
06:08That's McTominay, slips it through.
06:10Christie now from the right-hand side, Ryan Christie!
06:17Oh, what an opportunity.
06:19Well, I've got to be honest, I was expecting the linesman's flag to go up.
06:24But it doesn't.
06:25And that is a real massive opportunity for Scotland and Ryan Christie.
06:32He just doesn't get his foot wrapped round it.
06:34You can see it eventually comes off his toe.
06:37Gilmour again.
06:40And Modric just so calmly cushioned that down for his team-mate Sosa.
06:46Guardiola.
06:47Adams now steps in for Scotland.
06:50Andy Robertson.
06:52Gould.
06:53Adams!
06:54Adams back into the middle and wide it goes!
06:59Well, Shea Adams claims the touch, but it was a wonderful move from Scotland.
07:04It's a great move, it really is.
07:06I tell you, that is a wonderful ball from Ryan Gould.
07:10Mike G Adams is claiming that it's the defender that gets the final touch.
07:14Mike G Adams is claiming that it's the defender that gets the final touch.
07:17You'll get a better view of it here, Perisic, perhaps,
07:21but it's moments like that we're talking about.
07:24The performance levels are good.
07:26We're missing a lot of players, a lot of quality.
07:29Add that back into this team, get a slice of luck in there,
07:33and all of a sudden you can gain that momentum with results.
07:37Ralston to Robertson, the two full-backs picking each other out.
07:41McLean gets a touch.
07:43Adams!
07:44Oh, and it's come off!
07:47Jakic have rescued a point in Zagreb.
07:52A little bit of good fortune here, Kenny McLean...
07:56Is he offside? Please, no.
07:58The little backheel falls into the path of Shea Adams,
08:02I'm just wondering whether he's marginally off or not.
08:07And then the striker getting into a strong position,
08:10and the defender eventually is the one, Jakic,
08:13that flicks into the back of the net on goal.
08:22And it is offside, it will be a defeat for Scotland.
08:28Victory for Croatia.
08:30This is such a disappointing end for Scotland,
08:33who put so much into the game at the full-time at the Stadion Maximir.
08:38It's Croatia 2, Scotland 1.